Peter Whittingham

Peter Michael Whittingham /ˈhwɪtɪŋəm/ (8 September 1984 – 19 March 2020^[4]) was an English professional footballer. His primary position was as a central midfielder.

Peter Whittingham

Whittingham playing for Cardiff City in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Peter Michael Whittingham[1]
Date of birth	(1984-09-08)8 September 1984[2]
Place of birth	Nuneaton, England
Date of death	18 March 2020(2020-03-18) (aged 35)
Place of death	Cardiff, Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2001	Coventry City
2001–2003	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Aston Villa	56	(1)
2005	→ Burnley (loan)	7	(0)
2005	→ Derby County (loan)	11	(0)
2007–2017	Cardiff City	413	(85)
2017–2019	Blackburn Rovers	20	(0)
Total		507	(86)
International career
2004–2007	England U21	17	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was part of the Aston Villa team that won the FA Youth Cup in 2002, and a year later he made his Premier League debut. Whittingham had loans at Championship clubs Burnley and Derby County in 2005. In January 2007, he signed for Cardiff City for a fee of £350,000.

In eleven seasons at Cardiff, Whittingham played 457 competitive matches and scored 96 goals, putting him seventh all-time appearances list.

Whittingham died on 19 March 2020, aged 35, at a Cardiff hospital, after suffering a head injury three days before.^[5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aston Villa	2002–03[6]	Premier League	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2003–04[7]	Premier League	32	0	1	0	6	1	—		39	1
	2004–05[8]	Premier League	13	1	0	0	2	0	—		15	1
	2005–06[9]	Premier League	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2006–07[10]	Premier League	3	0	0	0	1	0	—		4	0
	Total		56	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	66	2
Burnley (loan)	2004–05[8]	Championship	7	0	2	0	—		—		9	0
Derby County (loan)	2005–06[9]	Championship	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
Cardiff City	2006–07[10]	Championship	19	4	0	0	—		—		19	4
	2007–08[11]	Championship	41	5	6	3	4	1	—		51	9
	2008–09[12][a]	Championship	33	3	2	0	3	1	—		38	4
	2009–10[14]	Championship	41	20	4	1	3	2	3[b]	2	51	25
	2010–11[15]	Championship	45	11	1	0	2	0	2[b]	0	50	11
	2011–12[16]	Championship	46	12	0	0	7	1	2[b]	0	55	13
	2012–13[17]	Championship	40	8	0	0	0	0	—		40	8
	2013–14[18]	Premier League	32	3	2	0	0	0	—		34	3
	2014–15[19]	Championship	43	6	2	0	0	0	—		45	6
	2015–16[20]	Championship	36	6	1	0	0	0	—		37	6
	2016–17[21]	Championship	37	7	0	0	0	0	—		37	7
	Total		413	85	18	4	19	5	7	2	457	96
Blackburn Rovers	2017–18[22]	League One	20	0	0	0	1	0	2[c]	0	23	0
	2018–19[23]	Championship	0	0	—		1	0	—		1	0
	Total		20	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	24	0
Career total			507	86	21	4	30	6	9	2	567	98

1. Soccerbase has incorrect stats for the 2008–09 season having missed a substitute appearance in a match against Queens Park Rangers on 25 February 2009^[13]
2. Appearances in Championship play-offs
3. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Whittingham (in blue) and Liverpool's Luis Suárez in the 2012 League Cup final

Aston Villa

• FA Youth Cup: 2001–02^[24]

Cardiff City

• Football League Championship: 2012–13^[25]
• FA Cup runner-up: 2007–08^[26]
• Football League Cup runner-up: 2011–12^[27]

Blackburn Rovers

• EFL League One runner-up: 2017–18^[28]

Individual

• Football League Championship Golden Boot: 2009–10^[29]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2009–10 Championship,^[30] 2011–12 Championship,^[31] 2012–13 Championship^[32]
• Football League Championship Player of the Month: October 2009^[33]
• Cardiff City Player of the Year: 2009–10, 2011–12^[source?]
• The Football League Goal of the Year: 2011^[34]
• The Football League Team of the Decade^[35]